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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens after the French are repulsed from the castle the first time?
(a) A truce is called to recover the wounded and dead.
(b) The French leave Andrdos for a while.
(c) Sharpe organizes to withdraw.
(d) The French send in Dubreton to talk to Sharpe.

2. From where does the first attack of the French fall back?
(a) The castle walls.
(b) In the castle courtyard.
(c) At the castle main gate.
(d) At the convent.

3. What do the French do after their first approach ends in disaster for them?
(a) Ask for a parley with Sharpe.
(b) Destroy his rocket artillery.
(c) Withdraw to the village.
(d) Begin preparations for a serious assault.

4. Who does Sharpe capture when he first enters Andrados?
(a) Viscount Pierre Duplicios.
(b) Hakeswill.
(c) Two Frenchmen.
(d) Two of the capturing forces.

5. What do the two leaders of the Andrados force attempt to do with Sharpe and his companions?
(a) Kill them.
(b) Shock them.
(c) Get intelligence from them.
(d) Recruit them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nairn decide about Sharpe's information?

2. Why isn't Frederickson's fire on the advancing column effective?

3. What does Farthingdale announce at the war council?

4. What type of terrain does Sharpe have to cross to get to Andrados?

5. What does Sharpe do when the French are fifty yards from the trench?

(see the answer key)

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